--- title: Bro, did Joseph really buy a donkey with two of his four gold pieces? — Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph t… · tree and pragmatics description: Bro, did Joseph really buy a donkey with two of his four gold pieces? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1639 «Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph the Shoemaker, part 28: the robbers buy the donkey and the guitar and are fooled again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1639-pg5615-part28/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1639-pg5615-part28/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph the Shoemaker, part 2… Bro, did Joseph really buy a donkey with two of his four gold pieces? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Joseph · **What happens:** buy · **To what, where:** donkey This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1639 «Italian Popular Tales, Master Joseph the Shoemaker, part 28: the robbers buy the donkey and the guitar and are fooled again» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1639-pg5615-part28/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:t1:1 # text = Bro, did Joseph really buy a donkey with two of his four gold pieces? 1 Bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 13 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 14 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | past · do-support | Joseph | a donkey of Joseph's four gold pieces | | | | with two; Bro *vocative* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent donkey=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yeah, two of them, then he rode home to Catania ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:t1:o1:1 # text = Yeah, two of them, then he rode home to Catania 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 home home ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Catania Catania PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | he | two of them | | Catania | then | home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to catania=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Nope, he bought it with all four ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:t1:o2:1 # text = Nope, he bought it with all four 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | past | he | it | | | | with all four | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yeah, but he rode it all the way home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:t1:o3:1 # text = Yeah, but he rode it all the way home 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 home home ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | he | it | | | | all way *obl* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he paid with three gold coins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1639-pg5615-part28:t1:o4:1 # text = Nah, he paid with three gold coins 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 7 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | he | | | | | with three gold coins | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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